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County and City Data Book, 1972 (ICPSR 61)

Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

This study contains selected economic, demographic,
and electoral data for counties, cities, and incorporated areas
of 25,000 inhabitants or more, urbanized areas, and Standard
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs), in the entire United
States. For each of the seven data files, information is
provided on population characteristics, income, occupation,
education, household characteristics, age, and nationality.
Data are also provided on presidential votes, the leading party,
Social Security and ... (more info)

This study contains selected economic, demographic,
and electoral data for counties, cities, and incorporated areas
of 25,000 inhabitants or more, urbanized areas, and Standard
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs), in the entire United
States. For each of the seven data files, information is
provided on population characteristics, income, occupation,
education, household characteristics, age, and nationality.
Data are also provided on presidential votes, the leading party,
Social Security and public assistance, and rural population
and agriculture (Parts 2 and 3), local government general revenue
and expenditures, taxes, employment, manufacturing
establishments, retail trade, wholesale establishments, and
yearly payroll (Parts 2, 3, and 6), and crime, hospitals, and
seasonal weather conditions (Part 6).

Study Description

Citation

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. County and City Data Book, 1972. ICPSR00061-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-02-12. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00061.v1

Methodology

Data Source:

United States 1970 Census of Population and Housing

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Standardized missing values.

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1984-06-20

Version History:

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 7 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.